Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Book one: Ancient Philosophy

Pt. 1. The Pre-Socratics: The rise of Greek civilization-- The Milesian school-- Pythagoras-- Heraclitus-- Parmenides-- Empedocles-- Athens in relation to culture-- Anaxagoras-- The Atomists-- Protagoras

Pt. 2. Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle: Socrates-- The influence of Sparta-- The sources of Plato's opinions-- Plato's Utopia-- The theory of ideas-- Plato's theory of immortality--Plato's cosmogony-- Knowledge and perception of Plato-- Aristotle's metaphysics-- Aristotle's ethics-- Aristotle's politics-- Aristotle's logic-- Aristotle's physics-- Early Greek mathematics and astronomy

Pt. 3. Ancient philosophy after Aristotle: The hellenistic world-- Cynics and sceptics-- The Epicureans-- Stoicism-- The Roman empire in relation to culture-- Plotinus

Book two: Catholic Philosophy

Pt. 1. The Fathers: The religious development of the Jews-- Christianity during the first four centuries-- Three doctors of the church-- St. Augustine's philosophy and theology-- The fifth and sixth centuries-- St. Benedict and Gregory the great

Pt. 2. The Schoolmen: The papacy in the dark ages-- John the Scot-- Eccelesiastical reform in the eleventh century-- Mohammedan culture and philosophy-- The twelfth century-- The thirteenth century-- St. Thomas Aquinas-- Franciscan schoolmen-- The eclipse of the papacy

Book three: Modern philosophy

Pt. 1. From the renaissance to Hume: General characteristics-- The Italian renaissance-- Machiavelli-- Erasmus and more-- The reformation and counter-reformation-- The rise of science-- Francis Bacon-- Hobbe's Leviathan-- Descartes-- Spinoza-- Leibniz-- Philosophical liberalism-- Locke's theory of knowledge-- Locke's political philosophy-- Locke's influence-- Berkeley-- Hume

Pt. 2. From Rousseau to the present day: The Romantic movement-- Rousseau-- Kant-- Currents of thought in the nineteenth century-- Hegel-- Byron-- Schopenhauer-- Nietzsche-- The utilitarians-- Karl Marx-- Bergson-- William James-- John Dewey-- The philosophy of logical analysis